Yes.

Bitter melon contains bitter melon glycosides, 5-hydroxytryptamine, glutamic acid, alanine and vitamin B1 and other ingredients. The crude extract of bitter melon has an insulin-like effect, which can lower blood sugar and have a good effect on diabetes prevention and treatment. Different bitter melon extract components of glucose-lowering effect is different, like bitter melon mulberry leaves extracted from the wash pancreas clear glucose, glucose-lowering effect is very good, can be used to assist in lowering the role of blood sugar.

Bitter melon has a certain effect on improving the symptoms of diabetic patients, but in no way can the bitter melon instead of hypoglycemic drugs or insulin, diabetic patients should rely on glucose control or insulin, and bitter melon can only be said to be able to better auxiliary role in lowering glucose, and can not be completely rely on the eating of bitter melon to achieve the effect of lowering glucose.

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1, the bitter melon has a heat, nourish the blood, tonic kidney and spleen, nourishing the liver and bright eyes, dysentery, sores, heat stroke fever, prickly heat, conjunctivitis and other diseases have a certain therapeutic effect.

2, bitter melon in the vitamin C content is very high, there is the prevention of scurvy, protect cell membranes, prevent atherosclerosis, improve the body's ability to stress, protect the heart and so on.

3, bitter melon in the active ingredients can inhibit normal cell cancer and promote the recovery of mutant cells, has a certain anticancer effect.

4, bitter melon in the bitter melon is known as "fat killer", can make the intake of fat and polysaccharide to reduce. Bitter melon can also clear heat and dispel heart fire, detoxification, eyesight, tonic essence, quench the thirst of summer heat, treatment of carbuncle.

5, bitter melon contains saponins, with hypoglycemic, hypolipidemic, anti-tumor, prevention of osteoporosis, endocrine regulation, antioxidant, antibacterial, and enhance the body's immunity and other medicinal and health functions.

6, bitter melon can moisturize dry skin, whitening and moisturizing effect.

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